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My father, blood mad? That was like saying Macbeth had been insane when he’d murdered his king.
Cold, ruthless and complicated as fuck? Yes.
But not insane.
And yet I knew Gabriel wasn’t planning a coup with me and Rafe. So either Andre Redbone had attacked Gabriel and been staked by my brother in self-defense—or my father was somehow involved in this.
I was drenched in sweat. Ridley’s window air conditioning unit was no match for the heat and humidity of a New York City summer.
I got out of bed and dragged my hands down my damp face. Unsure what to do or who to believe. Just knowing I had to do something.
Ridley sat up and swung her legs to the floor. “You’re still here.”
“Yeah. I’m going to take a shower and head back into the city.”
“I’m coming with you.”
“No.”
She let out a put-upon sigh. “I’m not asking for your permission, Kral. Either take me with you, or I’ll follow in the shadows.”
I sent her a hard look. “Maybe I shouldn’t have smashed those vials of tranq.”
“Yeah?” Her pretty mouth formed a stubborn line. “Something you should know—I don’t respond well to threats.”
That did it. Bending down, I planted my hands on either side of her thighs.
Her bare thighs, since all she’d worn to bed was a tank and a pair of boyshorts—and damn the woman for making me notice when I should be thinking of Rafe, and only of Rafe.
“Maybe I’ll tie you up and leave you here.”
Her eyes flickered. “You have to catch me first.”
My smile was slow and nasty. “Try me.”
Her inner thighs clenched. The spicy scent of her arousal filled my nostrils.
So the idea of being restrained turned her on. My dick twitched, liking the idea a little too much.
She chewed on her full lower lip. I tracked the movement, itching to sink my own teeth into her soft pink flesh.
And that itch gave my next sentences a rough edge. “Fine. Come to Manhattan then. But you can’t come with me into headquarters.”
Her eyes narrowed. “You’re going inside Kral headquarters? Why?”
“To get some answers. I have an idea, a way to get information that might help me figure out what, exactly, is going on. But I’m damned if I’ll take a slayer into our headquarters.”
“You can get in and out without anyone knowing?”
“Yeah. Which is why you can’t come with me—it’d be like handing you the keys to the front door.”
Her chest rose and fell. My gaze flicked to her breasts, the nipples hard points beneath the soft black tank.
Her throat worked, and beneath my boxers, my half-hard dick went to full mast.
I pulled back a few inches and focused on her face, trying not to think about how easy it would be to drag off her boyshorts, press her to the mattress and sink into her wet, pretty pussy.
I needed to keep my head clear, and that meant no sex with Ridley No-Last-Name.
